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This section contains a wide variety databases, including: Associations (Organizations) Directory; Book Reviews; Children's Resources; Dissertations; Encyclopedia Britannica; Essays; General Reference Resources; General, Comprehensive, and lower-level journal databases; Government Publications; Electronic (online) Books; Newspapers; Statistical Data; Vocational Resources) The following two points may assist you in using them effectively. Multidiscipline databases such as General OneFile, ProQuest [All combined], and Wiley Interscience contain information from many subject areas, combined into one database. See description of the individual for details on their exact content. The following is a selective list of the specialty databases, described in detail below, to keep in mind for any and all of your research projects.
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AccuNet/AP
Multimedia Archive Searchable archive of the Associated Press photo files. |
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AgeLine
AgeLine is produced by AARP. Its references come from the gerontology collection of AARP's Research Information Center, as well as selected articles from 300 magazines and journals. All references include original abstracts. |
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All
ProQuest [combined databases] via
ProQuest 
Includes full text.
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ArticleFirst via FirstSearch Indexes journals covering science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities and popular culture. |
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| Associations
Unlimited via InfoTrac Web Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. |
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index via InfoTrac Web This database provides extensive lists of sources where biographical information may be obtained. While the database itself does not provide information concerning individuals, it indicates the resources where this information may be found. |
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Biography
Reference Bank via Wilson Web Contains articles and abstracts dealing with over 500,000 people. Where full text is not available, a list of databases is provided, indicating other databases in which full text of abstracts may be found.
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Book
Collection: Nonfiction via EbscoHost Designed for school libraries, contains more than 2,000 full-text books addressing many areas of school curriculum, including social studies and science. |
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Book
Review Digest Plus via Wilson Web Covering over 550,000 books, provides indexes of reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, with over 100,000 reviews in full text.
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| Books in Print via Bowker Publishing Contains publishing and pricing information with some book reviews. Useful for literature searches. |
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CollegeSource
Online via CollegeSource Provides access to a large number of college catalogs as well as links to their respective Web pages and profiles. |
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| Contemporary Women's Issues via FirstSearch Indexes books, journals, and various agencies, to address such issues as health and human rights. |
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CQ
Researcher via
CQ Electronic Library Offers in-depth, non-biased 12,000-word reports on political and social issues, covering such topics as health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. Reports date back to 1991. |
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Dissertation Abstracts Online via FirstSearch Abstracts of dissertations. Many of these are not available through interlibrary loan. |
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EBSCO
Animals via EbscoHost For the elementary reader, provides in-depth information in the Encyclopedia of Animals on a variety of topics relating to animals. |
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| Encyclopedia
Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica, in several reader-level editions, contains articles, images, and related Internet links. |
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Europa
World Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, a valuable source of world-wide information covering political and economic information about more than 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. |
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Fiction Connection Provides lists of suggested reading in fiction and biography titles. Users may select by author, genre, timeframe, etc., to find similar titles. Reviews, excerpts, and other information are included. |
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Funk
& Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia via
EbscoHost This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. |
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General
OneFile via InfoTrac Web A large index combining the academic and non-academic periodicals of many InfoTrac databases, covering a broad range of such topics as business, humanities, and technology. |
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General
Reference Center Gold via
InfoTrac Web General interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Provides information on current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. |
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GPO Access This service of the Government Printing Office provides indexing to some documents and full text of others. |
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| Informe
via InfoTrac Web A collection of general Hispanic magazines with full text, covering business, health, technology, culture, and other current topics. |
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Journal Search via Serial Solutions Use Journal Search to search for the location of full text-journals within the online databases provided by Troy. This does not provide full text of articles but indicates where full text is found, if it’s available in at least one of Troy’s online databases. Be sure to look at dates of holdings to see if your article is available. |
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| LexisNexis
Academic via LexisNexis A primary resource for full text journal articles, this is the gateway to a number of databases embedded within. After you are in these databases, click the appropriate area of interest in the left-hand column. Resources include business articles, case law, law reviews, industry reports, company reports, statistics, and health care news. Clicking the various buttons at the top of their page (How Do I?, Sources, News, etc.) produces helpful information. |
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Library,
Information Science & Technology via EbscoHost.
Indexes over 600 periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings, with coverage extending back to mid-1960s. |
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Ultra - School Edition via
EbscoHost Designed for high school students, database provides full text from nearly 600 general interest and current events publications, covering a broad range of topics. Contains American Heritage Dictionary and World Almanac & Book of Facts. |
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| MasterFile
Premier via EbscoHost
Intended for general rather than scholarly audience, contains full text for over 2,000 periodicals, as well as biographies, primary source documents, and images. |
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Middle
Search Plus via
EbscoHost Provides full text for more than 150 popular magazines for middle and junior high school research, as well as reference books and thousands of biographies and primary resource documents. |
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MLA Directory of Periodicals via EbscoHost Offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, primarily those pertaining to literature and the arts. Entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices, and submission guidelines. Does not include articles. |
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MLA
International Bibliography via EbscoHost Index to the writings about literature, criticism, language, linguistics and folklore. |
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National
Newspaper Abstracts
via ProQuest
Includes full text.
Full-text content of primary articles in three national newspapers: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. |
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NetLibrary A specially created online collection of nearly 50,000 full-text books, in a broad range of academic subject categories. These are actual academic books that have been digitized for the convenience of library users. Make sure to read HELP. |
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| Newspaper
Source via
EbscoHost Regional US and international newspapers, with selected full text. |
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Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center via InfoTrac Web A source for information on conflicting viewpoints on social issues. Geared to high school and General Studies college courses, it includes articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. |
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Oxford
English Dictionary via Oxford University Press
Includes full text.
Guide to the
meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words,
past and present. Includes words from Great Britain, North America,
South America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean. |
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Oxford
Reference Online Premium More than 150 full-text reference sources, e.g., subject-specific and general encyclopedias, handbooks, and dictionaries covering many academic disciplines. |
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| Primary
Search via
EbscoHost Provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. Also contains Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia, and American Heritage Children’s Dictionary. |
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| ProQuest
Newspapers via
ProQuest Also try Newspaper Source. |
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RCLweb Consists of annotated lists of resources recommended by the Association of College Research Libraries for inclusion in academic libraries. The core list features 65,000 titles in 58 curriculum-specific subject, with reviews of all items. |
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Searchasaurus
via EBSCO Publishing A database for children, this also contains a section called Pictures, which includes photos of people, place, maps, historical subjects, flags, and natural science subjects, some of which might be useful to any audience. |
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| SIRS
Discoverer
General Reference Database Designed for Young Researchers. |
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| SIRS databases, including: SIRS Government
Reporter SIRS
Renaissance SIRS
Researcher
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SocINDEX
with Full Text via EbscoHost SocINDEX with Full Text is a very comprehensive sociology research database, featuring more than 1,300,000 records with subject headings from a 15,000 term sociology-specific thesaurus. The database contains full text for 235 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 545 books and monographs, and full text for 6,601 conference papers. |
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SPORTDiscus
via EbscoHost Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive indexing of sport, fitness and related disciplines. Linked to full-text articles in other databases. |
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Vocational
and Career Collection via EbscoHost Designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full-text coverage for 400 trade and industry-related periodicals with indexing for 650. |
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Westlaw
Campus via Westlaw An online legal research tool designed and built especially for undergraduates and other non-law-student students. |
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Wiley
Interscience via Wiley This database, containing only resources published by John Wiley & Sons, covers a number of disciplines, especially business, psychology, and social sciences. Resources consist mostly of journals, but also online books and reference works. Most, but not all, materials are full text. Searching it takes a little patience, but there is excellent material. |
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| Wilson Select Plus via FirstSearch Index with some
abstracts of science, humanities, education and business resources.
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World
History Collection via EbscoHost Over 150 full-text titles covers a wide-range of world-wide historical topics, including culture, government, heritage, regional issues, sociology, and more. |
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WorldCat via FirstSearch A specialized database used to determine location of books and journals not held by Troy University, for purposes of Interlibrary Loan. Information includes the libraries that own the item, what editions or issues they hold, in which of their libraries (general, medical, science, etc.) it is found, and whether it’s in the reference or circulation collection. |
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World
Data Analyst via
Encyclopedia Britannica Offers detailed statistical comparisons of countries around the world, using both the most recent statistics and historical figures. Allows for creating tables and charts. Contains articles on countries from Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. |
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